Description:

Charles Dutoit leads the first of three major choral-orchestral works by Hector Berlioz to be performed during the 2008-09 Philadelphia Orchestra season. Utterly intrigued by the powerful tragedy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the French Berlioz yearned to recreate its core elements in music. Picking and choosing only the most dramatic scenes and emotional highpoints, he painted a masterful, moving musical canvass filled with passion, potency, and intense longing. For soloists, chorus, and orchestra--and sung in French with projected English supertitles.

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• September 26, 2008
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• October 10, 2008
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• October 11, 2008
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• November 06, 2008
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• November 07, 2008
  Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler
• November 20, 2008
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Concert Enhancements:

MUSIC+ Free Postlude Recital following this concert

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert

Program Notes:

October 16, 2008 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the Odyssey Collection, and package Thursday 6B

Part of the Weekday Collection, and package Thursday 6B